Tuesday Tide Trivia
12/2/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 2, 2008
Alabama will be making it second appearance in the Georgia Dome this season when the Crimson Tide meets Florida on Saturday in the SEC Championship Game. Can you name the seven stadia the Crimson Tide has played in twice during the same season?
The 2008 SEC Championship Game will mark the Tide's second game in the Georgia Dome this season. Alabama opened the season with a 34-10 win over Clemson in the Chick-Fil-A College Kickoff and returns to Atlanta this weekend for the SEC Championship Game. The two Georgia Dome appearances mark the seventh time in school history that Alabama has played two games in the same stadium in the same season. Alabama has also played two games in the same season at Grant Field (1942), Tulane Stadium (1947), Orange Bowl (1952), Astrodome (1970), Mississippi Memorial Stadium (1982), Superdome (1992) and Georgia Dome (2008).
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Date |
Result |
Site |
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Oct. 24, 1970 |
Alabama 30, Houston 21 |
Astrodome |
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Dec. 31, 1970 |
Alabama 24, Oklahoma 24 |
Astrodome (Bluebonnet Bowl) |
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Dec. 31, 1975 |
Alabama 13, Penn State 6 |
Superdome (Sugar Bowl) |
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Jan. 2, 1978 |
Alabama 35, Ohio State 6 |
Superdome (Sugar Bowl) |
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Jan. 1, 1979 |
Alabama 14, Penn State 7 |
Superdome (Sugar Bowl) |
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Jan. 1, 1980 |
Alabama 24, Arkansas 9 |
Superdome (Sugar Bowl) |
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Jan. 1, 1990 |
Miami 33, Alabama 25 |
Superdome (Sugar Bowl) |
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Oct. 10, 1992 |
Alabama 37, Tulane 0 |
Superdome |
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Jan. 1, 1993 |
Alabama 34, Miami 13 |
Superdome (Sugar Bowl) |
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Dec. 3, 1994 |
Florida 24, Alabama 23 |
Georgia Dome (SEC Championship |
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Dec. 7, 1996 |
Florida 45, Alabama 30 |
Georgia Dome (SEC Championship) |
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Dec. 5, 1999 |
Alabama 34, Florida 7 |
Georgia Dome (SEC Championship) |
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Aug. 30, 2008 |
Alabama 34, Clemson 10 |
Georgia Dome |
What is Alabama's all-time record in domed stadiums?
The Crimson Tide is 9-3-1 (.731) all-time in domed stadiums. Alabama is playing its second game of the 2008 season in a domed stadium after opening the year with Clemson in the Georgia Dome at the 2008 Chick-Fil-A College Kickoff. Alabama is 1-2 in SEC Championship Games played in the Georgia Dome, playing Florida in 1994, 1996 and 1999. In addition, Alabama is 6-1 (.857) in games played at the Louisiana Superdome, including a 5-1 (.833) mark in Sugar Bowl games. Alabama beat Penn State, 13-6, in the first Sugar Bowl game played in the Superdome on Dec. 31, 1975. The Tide also beat Tulane, 37-0, in the Superdome during the 1992 regular season.
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Stadium |
Result |
Date |
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Grant Field |
Georgia 21, Alabama 10 |
Oct. 31, 1942 |
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Georgia Tech 7, Alabama 0 |
Nov. 14, 1942 |
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Tulane Stadium |
Tulane 21, Alabama 20 |
Sept. 28, 1947 |
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Texas 27, Alabama 7 |
Jan. 1, 1948 (Sugar Bowl) |
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Orange Bowl |
Alabama 21, Miami 7 |
Oct. 3, 1952 |
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Alabama 61, Syracuse 6 |
Jan. 1, 1953 (Orange Bowl) |
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Astrodome |
Alabama 30, Houston 21 |
Oct. 24, 1970 |
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Alabama 24, Oklahoma 24 |
Dec. 31, 1970 (Bluebonnet) |
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Memorial Stadium |
Alabama 42, Mississippi 14 |
Sept. 14, 1982 |
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Alabama 20, Mississippi State 12 |
Oct. 30, 1982 |
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Superdome |
Alabama 37, Tulane 0 |
Oct. 10, 1992 |
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Alabama 34, Miami 13 |
Jan. 1, 1993 (Sugar Bowl) |
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Georgia Dome |
Alabama 34, Clemson 10 |
Aug. 30, 2008 |
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Alabama vs. Florida |
Dec. 6, 2008 |
Name the two Alabama players that have been named MVP of the SEC Championship Game?
Antonio Langham (1992) and Freddie Milons (1999) are the two Alabama players to earn MVP honors in the SEC Championship Game. Langham's 21-yard interception return with 3:16 left in the game gave the Tide a 28-21 win over Florida in the 1992 SEC Championship Game at Legion Field. Freddie Milons ran for 116 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, to seal the Tide's 34-7 win over Florida in 1999.
Name the two Alabama quarterbacks to lead the Tide to victory in the SEC Championship Game?
Jay Barker (1992) and Andrew Zow (1999) were the starting quarterbacks for Alabama during the Tide's two SEC Championship Game wins.
Who holds the record for the longest pass play in Alabama history?
Freddie Kitchens' 95-yard pass to Michael Vaughn in the 1996 SEC Championship Game is the longest scoring pass play in Alabama and SEC Championship Game history.
